Quote from: 707soldier on July 05, 2008, 10:37:11 PM
theRon, here ya go  Sorry, Ducati no longer caters to you.
They won't make any money if they do 

http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2008/ModelPage.jhtml?family=Monster&model=M696-08

im not looking to be catered to, i just cant understand why 696 lovers cant understand where i am coming from. you cant honestly look at the new machine and say it doesn't look like all of the other italian nakeds. and that is the core of my argument. which you make very interesting by the way

the ron

Quote from: the ron on July 05, 2008, 10:48:58 PM
im not looking to be catered to, i just cant understand why 696 lovers cant understand where i am coming from. you cant honestly look at the new machine and say it doesn't look like all of the other italian nakeds. and that is the core of my argument. which you make very interesting by the way

the ron

so...... you dont like boobies?.....

Quote from: BomberHead on July 05, 2008, 10:52:35 PM
so...... you dont like boobies?.....

don't like them........ love them.

the ron

Quote from: the ron on July 05, 2008, 11:00:06 PM
don't like them........ love them.

the ron

Good job.

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It could be about any topic...if boobies are a choice I'm pickin' them.

I'll take ass over boobies   

for what it's worth, i had been planning to buy the 695.  really, i've been wanting it since it was a 620, but was waiting for this summer, as my car is now paid off.

kind of went back and forth at first on one or two of the changes, but the ones i liked greatly outnumbered the ones i questioned.  plus, the numbers.  once i actually saw it, no longer had any questions on the looks.  some of the things that looked awkward early on, seemed to fit nicely.

and it is sweet.

Well, i'm more of a leg man...

and i've always liked the "idea" of ducati... but they never really spoke to me until i saw the 696.  It's only after i'd decided that i was going to get one, that i even started liking the others... to me the 696 looks like it belongs in the monster family... so i don't get what the ron means when he says it doesn't look like a monster.  All they did was accentuate a few things... and loose the cyclops eye which is one of the things i didn't dig... it was very 80's (like the lights on my z-car, which i do love)

Like i said elsewhere, the 695 and the 696 look like sisters... one is doable, the other is f'n, smokin', give your left nut to be with, HOT!!!

yeah...if you think the 696 looks good you also like Paris Hilton , right ?

Quote from: zedsaid on July 07, 2008, 05:30:39 PM
so i don't get what the ron means when he says it doesn't look like a monster.  All they did was accentuate a few things... and loose the cyclops eye which is one of the things i didn't dig... it was very 80's (like the lights on my z-car, which i do love)

what he means is it doesn't look like a Monster.  The look of a Monster is a beautiful and timeless look.  The new Monster just doesn't do justice to the classic Monster looks. 
I hate the cheap looking cast aluminum subframe and "punched in the face" headlight.
I've heard over and over again how the pictures don't do the new Monster justice.  They are right, the new Monster is uglier in person.

Quote from: zedsaid on July 07, 2008, 05:30:39 PM
Like i said elsewhere, the 695 and the 696 look like sisters... one is doable, the other is f'n, smokin', give your left nut to be with, HOT!!!

Yea, the 695 being smokin hot, while the 696 is a dumb, air-headed, fake tanned, anorexic, pop-culture princess wearing big stupid sunglasses.  Here it is in pictures:
The 695 (and all the other good looking Monsters)


The 696

Maybe if the chick on the bike was in a bikini...

But seriously, i've seen Paris in person, and she's beautiful.  Not as pretty as Nichole Ritchie, but beautiful nonetheless. Nothing plastic about her but her credit card.

And the 696 looks a lot "like" a monster.

Quote from: il d00d on July 03, 2008, 08:52:32 PM
The 696 hata's thread got me to thinking - it was apparent to me that with the redesign that Ducati was reaching out to people outside their core ridership.  Otherwise, I think they would have made the new Monster more Monster-y.  I am curious to see how many coverts we have among us.  Discuss.  Er, vote.

One could argue that Ducati incorporated many of the changes that hardcore fans have been doing for years.

- pipes under the seat.
- darkened engine casing
- minimalist cockpit: low profile reservoirs, lower-key speedo/odometer.
- lowered headlight
- tail chop
- the list goes on....

I was just about the say the same thing.

All you old style monster-lovers, look at the mods you guys are doing (some not all), add some manufacturing clean styling and you have the 696 WITH more power, lighter weight and easier to trick out.

At first i thought plastic covers! Then i see people talking about swapping kits with others, carbon kits, i'm sure there will be some sweet aftermarket kits soon enough. Don't forget what DP will do!

Plus on the performance side... wait til the 1098 engined Monster comes out. You guys will be screaming to get one.

The subframe... who's to say there won't be a CF sub to come out or maybe even a old-style frame option. No more frame cutting to get your own style. Just swap it out.

This bike is begging to be customized, and given the way it's designed, you can do some pretty amazing and unique stuff.

OH, and it's a beautiful bike. Handles better than the original. Has more power than my 99 M900. AND, this is only a 696...

You wait.. you'll convert soon enough, or at least grow to appreciate what Ducati has accomplished with this bike.

Quote from: Raux on July 17, 2008, 05:56:57 PM
You wait.. you'll convert soon enough, or at least grow to appreciate what Ducati has accomplished with this bike.

Nicely said

Quote from: zedsaid on July 17, 2008, 04:01:25 PM
Maybe if the chick on the bike was in a bikini...

Getting a girl out of full leathers after a hot sweaty ride through twisties would be so much more fun than getting a girl out of a bikini